Apparently the 18th of October is Chocolate Cupcake Day. When I first started cooking gluten free I found that chocolate or cocoa helped hide the gluten free taste. Hence I made a lot of chocolate slice and chocolate brownies. I also found that it was very easy to sub your milk of choice (eg., almond,… Continue reading Gluten and Dairy Free Cupcakes
Lasagna was one of my favourite childhood dinners. For my birthday dinner, whilst growing up, I would either choose lasagna or corned beef. I used to make this dish quite regularly as an adult until my son and husband both discovered their food intolerances. I had worked out a dairy free white sauce but it… Continue reading Gluten free and Dairy Free Lasagna
Apparently it's Chicken Month in September, among other things. We usually eat a meal with chicken in it once or twice a week. This week we've had Chicken Pot Pies and then used the same chicken mixture to make Chicken Pasties. Other chicken dishes that my family enjoys include Grain Free Chicken Schnitzels with an almond… Continue reading Chicken Month (including a recipe)
I went to a Quirky Cooking Life Changing Food Seminar a couple of months ago & also got my copy of the Life Changing Food cookbook. At the seminar both Jo & Fouad shared some of their story around food & health. They also demonstrated some of the recipes from their Life Changing Food Cookbook. … Continue reading My Changing Diet
This week I tried a new seed & nut sandwich bread recipe. Â I enjoyed it fresh on the first day and then toasted most days since. Â I had heard about things with sunflower seeds going green but hadn't seen it myself until I made this bread. Apparantly the sunflower seeds contain chlorogenic acid which reacts… Continue reading Breads
Finally got my cooking mojo on again and made a few things this week. My husband has been reacting to something and getting spots again.  We think it might be one of the gluten free flours that I'm using (probably hidden sulphites).  So I tried these Chocolate Cupcakes from Healthy Chef.  These cupcakes are grain free.… Continue reading What I’ve made this week
